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Joseon Moon Jar — Cover

About Joseon Moon Jar

The Joseon moon jar, or dalhangari, is a white-porcelain vessel thrown in two hemispheres on the wheel and joined by hand at the equator — a seam left visible rather than hidden, because perfection was never the point. Fired above 1250°C from iron-free kaolin, the glaze settles into a warm milk-white that shifts toward pale celadon-blue-grey wherever light rakes across its irregular curve.

Museums present these jars against deep charcoal grounds, isolated in the dark so the glaze seems to emit its own soft light. This design system carries that presentation forward: a near-black stage, a single luminous form, and the quiet asymmetry of a shape made by hand, not mold.

Learn more about the Joseon Moon Jar style

Origin
Korea
Era
17th–18th century (Joseon dynasty); pre-1900
Key figures
Anonymous Bunwon royal-kiln potters
Movements
Joseon white porcelain (baekja) · Confucian austerity aesthetics

Joseon Moon Jar design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
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Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Noto Serif KRHeadings
Nanum MyeongjoBody
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